Passenger - 2021 - Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (Deluxe) (HDtracks) [[email protected]]
Artist: Passenger
Title: Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (Deluxe) (HDtracks)
Format: 20 × File, FLAC, Album, Remastered, 24bit 48kHz (HDtracks)
Producer: Chris Vallejo
Release Date: January 8, 2021
Label: Black Crow Records/Nettwerk Records
Genre: Folk Rock, Indie Folk, Indie Pop, Pop Rock, Folk, Acoustic, Singer-Songwriter
Duration: 69:34
Passenger:
Wikipedia:
Michael David Rosenberg (born 17 May 1984), better known by his stage name Passenger, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Previously the main vocalist and songwriter of Passenger, Rosenberg opted to keep the band's name for his solo work after the band dissolved in 2009. In 2012, he released the song "Let Her Go" which topped the charts in sixteen countries. In 2014, the song was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single of the Year, and he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Most Performed Work.
On 8 January 2021, Passenger released Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted. The records was supposed to be released by the early 2020, but later delayed due to coronavirus lockdown. The records was made along with Ecologi and Eden Reforestation Projects, a nonprofit organization focused to rebuild natural landscapes destroyed by deforestation. A tree will be planted for every physical copy of the album sold via the Passenger store.
Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted:
AllMusic Review by Matt Collar:
Passenger's 13th studio album, 2021's Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted, finds singer/songwriter Mike Rosenberg drawing upon his varied pop influences while again showcasing his textured vocals and knack for yearning folk melodies. Recorded at his own Black Crow Studios in Brighton, England, the album arrives on the heels of his intimate 2020 acoustic LP Patchwork, which he recorded while in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, Rosenberg actually recorded Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted prior to Patchwork and in the wake of the end of a relationship. Subsequently, there's a cathartic, soul-searching quality to the album that feels as if Rosenberg is working through his emotions over the breakup. The opening "Sword from a Stone," which he also included a different version of on Patchwork, seems to speak directly to his post-breakup state of mind. He sings, "How you feeling, sweetheart?/Are you moving on?/Are you sleeping okay/Or do the nights go on and on?/I hope you're eating well/I hope you're staying strong/'Cause I'm fine, then I'm not." However, while heartbreak is at the core of the album, the songs never get too depressing as Rosenberg strikes a balance between folky introspection and buoyant pop melodicism. Cuts like "Tip of My Tongue" and "Remember to Forget" have a classic folk-rock quality, bringing to mind the work of bands like the Byrds and Badfinger. Conversely, the minor-key arpeggios that kick off "What You're Waiting For" are prime '80s Johnny Marr, evoking the guitarist's early work with the Smiths. Equally evocative is the languid "London in Spring," a poignant chamber ballad, replete with strings and horns, that sounds like something Donovan or Harry Chapin might have recorded in the late '60s. With Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted, Passenger has crafted artful, hooky anthems that stick with you in the way the best pop songs often do.
Tracklist:
01. Sword from the Stone (3:22)
02. Tip of My Tongue (3:02)
03. What You’re Waiting For (2:37)
04. The Way That I Love You (2:39)
05. Remember to Forget (3:39)
06. Sandstorm (5:01)
07. A Song for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (3:59)
08. Suzanne (4:15)
09. Nothing Aches Like a Broken Heart (4:16)
10. London in the Spring (3:02)
11. London in the Spring (Acoustic) (2:56)
12. Nothing Aches Like a Broken Heart (Acoustic) (3:18 )
13. Suzanne (Acoustic) (4:06)
14. A Song for the Drunk and Broken Hearted (Acoustic) (3:56)
15. Sandstorm (Acoustic) (4:10)
16. Remember to Forget (Acoustic) (3:37)
17. The Way That I Love You (Acoustic) (2:37)
18. What You’re Waiting For (Acoustic) (2:36)
19. Tip of My Tongue (Acoustic) (3:00)
20. Sword from the Stone (Acoustic) (3:34)
Personnel:
Michael David Rosenberg - Guitar, Vocals
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